OT: What is wrong with this ebay auction?
 

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Nothing, he got free shipping!!! duh

Easily worth the extra $27 he paid. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Wow is all I can say.

please, please tell me this guy plays at my poker room*
 

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http://cgi.ebay.com/100-Amazon-com-Gift-...1QQcmdZViewItem

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Expect to see lots of these for $100 poker chips.

Lori

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Bidding history

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=140035348944


ha h aha

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What's funny is that not only did the winning bidder bid $127, but the second-place bidder bid $126. So, at least two people bid over face value. Weird.

The only thing I can think of is that someone wants to buy something from Amazon, and doesn't have a credit card, bank account, or checking account. So the only way for them to purchase something is to use a gift certificate -- maybe they intend to pay for the gift certificate using a money order. But this doesn't really explain it, since there are so many Amazon certificates on eBay that (s)he surely could've found one for 90-100% of face value.

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Yeah, what's funny is it takes 2 idiots to drive the bid up, not just one! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Makes me laugh, which is needed since I've lost one of my main sources of income. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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What's funny is that not only did the winning bidder bid $127, but the second-place bidder bid $126. So, at least two people bid over face value. Weird.

The only thing I can think of is that someone wants to buy something from Amazon, and doesn't have a credit card, bank account, or checking account. So the only way for them to purchase something is to use a gift certificate -- maybe they intend to pay for the gift certificate using a money order. But this doesn't really explain it, since there are so many Amazon certificates on eBay that (s)he surely could've found one for 90-100% of face value.

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More likely they will be paying for the $100 GC with stolen or forged financial info. If every criminal could convert $127 of stolen value into $100 of legitimate value, they would do so every time.

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tilt?